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This is my understanding, I don't have a reference for you to look at it. The "proposal" is either a description of the work you propose to write, or (almost always) a short description of the wor...
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This is my understanding, I don't have a reference for you to look at it. The "proposal" is either a description of the work you propose to write, or (almost always) a short description of the work (or story) you have written. I believe actual proposals to represent unfinished work tend to be from either well-known authors that have been previously published, or well qualified writers for non-fiction science, textbooks, etc. For first-time writers, work almost certainly be done in its entirety, so the "proposal" is generally the description of the story and plot, and no "outline" is included. If I were proposing to write a textbook (to a publisher familiar with the subject and other textbooks) or other non-fiction work for which I am qualified, I would include an outline of chapters.